[R] pooling categories in a contingency table

[Peter Dalgaard BSA]

Michael Friendly <friendly at yorku.ca> writes:

....
>     for (i in 1:nargs) {
>         vals <- args[[i]]
>         nm <- names[[i]]
>         print(cat("vals: ", vals, "\n"))
>         print(cat("nm: ", nm, "\n"))
>         levels(table$nm) <- vals
>         }
....

> From the output below, I see what the problem is, but don't know
> how to fix it:
...
> Can someone help?

table$nm looks for a component called "nm". I think you want 
table[[nm]].

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